19:52 - SpawdophonikDoes anyone live in an American suburb, if so is it still like this:

19:33 - Marcel Hubregtsebtw if you want to hear some really off the wall covers when compared to the originals listen to this split [link]

19:32 - Marcel HubregtseYeah that's a great cover. Loved at first listen when I got hold of the vinyl version of One in Darkness, Two in Damnation, Three in Death, 2002 - 2007 compilation on their tour in 2013.

01. I Spit On Your Curse02. Sex With A Ghost03. Witch In The Window04. Get Under The Dirt05. Black Moon Shine06. Shake The Bag07. I Am The Crime08. Tombs Ov Oblivion09. As Above, So Below10. Vulture With A Rifle11. Prone To Destroy

Amalgamation does not mean groundbreaking. Sometimes, combining two juxtaposed genres does actually sound really forward thinking, but that is when the band manages to throw their own spice in. Crowned By Fire is a group that plays like an over-skilled tribute band. It's impossible to state that they're bad by any stretch, because they clearly have a solid grasp on their sound, too bad the sound is carbon-copied from 4 other bands.

Testament, Down, Black Label Society, Cathedral. That's the blueprint for Prone To Destroy. The exact blueprint. Actually, come to think of it, using the word "amalgamation" at the beginning of this review was a bit misleading. "Amalgamation" gives the impression that this band has somehow blended these styles together. Well, they haven't. One song sounds like Cathedral, the next like Black Label Society. At their most aggressive they tend to sound like Testament. The only real mixing to be heard is how the production quality of the whole thing sounds fitting for some old Down songs. Hell, all those bands do have some pretty awesome aspects about them, if Crowned By Fire actually did blend them together into a sound of their own, it would have been a beautiful thing.

That being said, it's not absolute shit. If you like those previously listed bands, and you can stomach a little bit lot of blatant derivation, you might actually dig this. These guys do have some good songs, played extremely well, it just sounds like they were already written years ago by other bands. Toss this one onto the "meh" pile.